What is recorded here
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as EARLY CHRISTIAN BURNT MOUND ? - excavated as part of Gas Pipeline project.. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.; POST-MED. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Early Christian burnt mound, possibly dating to the 6th–9th century AD. Its association with a gas pipeline excavation suggests it may be linked to domestic or ritual activity in a monastic or settlement context, though its wider significance remains unclear.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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